Tonight is what is called the Hunter's Moon:
According to folklore, October's full moon is called the "Hunter's Moon" or sometimes the "Blood Moon." It gets its name from hunters who
tracked and killed their prey by autumn moonlight, stockpiling food for the winter ahead. The Hunter's Moon of 2005 is due on Oct. 17th.

As mentioned by Valhall, we have the entire mediterranean area shaking, Pakistan hit with another 5.0+, the New Madrid just popped off 4 small quakes
in a row, a new volcano busting a move near the equator, and Mt. Rainier still acting jicky.

No obvious fully or partly Earth directed CMEs were observed. A full halo CME with an origin on the back side of the sun was observed beginning at
09:30 UTC. The spot that caused it should rotate into view in 12-16 days.

Geomagnetic field took a hard bounce and solar wind density shot up. This may be the start of a geomag minor storm. Source may be the
trans-equatorial coronal hole CH194 was in an Earth facing position on October 22-23.

Did a gravity wave start hurricane Wilma?

Geomagnetic field became unsettled right after the formation of TD Wilma. weather.unisys.com...
Did a gravity wave precede the minor geomagnetic storm and trigger a tropical storm?

Cosmic rays began increasing as hurricane Wilma increased in intensity.

Floods maroon one million, kill 14 in eastern India 25.10.05
The unseasonal rains in largely low-lying West Bengal came after the June-September monsoon season ended in India. Hundreds were killed in flooding
and mudslides triggered by rains during the summer which shut down India's financial hub of Mumbai for four days.
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That's right. Protecting the hips may be a key to surviving solar storms. Other sensitive areas are the shoulders, spine, thighs, sternum and
skull.

Why this odd list of body parts? The bones in these areas contain marrow -- the "blood factory" of the body. Delicate bone marrow cells are
especially vulnerable to solar storms; a major dose of solar protons coursing through the body could wipe them out. And without these blood-forming
marrow cells churning out a steady stream of new blood cells, a person would run out of blood in as little as a week. A bone marrow transplant would
be required--stat!--but they don't do those on the Moon.

So to survive a solar radiation storm, your first priority must be to protect your bone marrow.

The geomagnetic field was inactive to unsettled on November 2. Solar wind speed ranged between 319 and 597 (all day average 358) km/sec. The high
speed stream from CH195 was observed beginning at ACE at 18:30 UTC and solar wind speed has been hovering above 600 km/sec early on Nov.3. The
geomagnetic field has been unsettled to active since the arrival of this stream.

Forecast
The geomagnetic field is expected to be quiet to active on November 3-6 due to effects from CH195.

ON 27 December, a blast of gamma rays that lasted a mere quarter of a second overwhelmed detectors on many satellites orbiting Earth. Researchers have
now traced the burst to a neutron star within our galaxy, and this discovery could be a clue to the origin of other gamma-ray bursts that have so far
defied explanation.

The blast "was so bright, it came right through the body of the Swift satellite, even though Swift wasn't pointed at the object", says John Nousek
of Pennsylvania State University in University Park. Nousek is mission director for Swift, a NASA satellite that detects gamma-ray bursts.

The outburst was followed by a fainter afterglow of gamma rays lasting for about 8 minutes, which showed a recurring signal every 7.5 seconds. This
allowed scientists using the European Space Agency's Integral spacecraft to trace the source of the "superflare" to a neutron star called SGR
1806-20, ...

This object, named SGR 1806-20, is one of only ten unusual neutron stars classified as magnetars, thousands of times more magnetic than ordinary
neutron stars and billions of times more magnetic than the most powerful magnets built on Earth. The strength of its magnetic field is approximately a
million billion (10^15) gauss (100 billion tesla), according to a team led by Alaa Ibrahim, a doctoral candidate at George Washington University
conducting research at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.

This seems really interesting and serious. How will this affect the Earth?

GRB 051109 2005/11/09 01:12:20
This was a bright burst seen at multiple wavelengths. Swift saw a double-peaked gamma ray emission, with both peaks lasting about 20 seconds. It was
also seen by Konus-WIND, which saw a long tail of emission lasting 130 seconds. The Swift X-Ray Telescope saw a fading X-ray afterglow, and the
Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope detected the optical afterglow at v=16.49 just two minutes after the burst. grb.sonoma.edu...

SATELLITE IMAGERY... RADAR DATA... AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE
THE LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN
CARIBBEAN SEA ABOUT 85 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF ST. LUCIA HAS BECOME
BETTER ORGANIZED THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS INCREASED
NEAR AND JUST TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER... AND ST. LUCIA REPORTED A
SUSTAINED WIND OF 33 MPH DURING THE PAST HOUR. UPPER-LEVEL WINDS
ARE ALSO GRADUALLY BECOMING A LITTLE MORE FAVORABLE. IF
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP CLOSER TO THE CIRCULATION CENTER
...THEN A TROPICAL DEPRESSION COULD FORM LATER TONIGHT OR MONDAY AS
THE SYSTEM MOVES WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT ABOUT 10 MPH. INTERESTS IN
THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA AND ADJACENT LAND AREAS SHOULD CLOSELY
MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

M6.9 quake hits extensive areas of Japan; tsunami warning issued
TOKYO — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 jolted extensive areas on the Pacific side of the Hokkaido, Tohoku and Kanto areas Tuesday
morning, with the Japan Meteorological Agency issuing a tsunami warning.

The warning for a tsunami up to 50 centimeters high was issued for the Pacific side of the Hokkaido and Tohoku areas. The 6:39 a.m. quake measured 3
on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in those areas. The focus was at a shallow depth under the seabed in the Pacific some 310 kilometers east
of the Oshika Peninsula in Miyagi Prefecture.

SEA LEVEL READINGS INDICATE A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. IT MAY HAVE
BEEN DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. FOR
THOSE AREAS - WHEN NO MAJOR WAVES ARE OBSERVED FOR TWO HOURS
AFTER THE ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL OR DAMAGING WAVES HAVE NOT
OCCURRED FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS THEN LOCAL AUTHORITIES CAN ASSUME
THE THREAT IS PASSED. DANGER TO BOATS AND COASTAL STRUCTURES CAN
CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS DUE TO RAPID CURRENTS. AS LOCAL
CONDITIONS CAN CAUSE A WIDE VARIATION IN TSUNAMI WAVE ACTION THE
ALL CLEAR DETERMINATION MUST BE MADE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

NO TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS FOR OTHER COASTAL AREAS IN THE PACIFIC
ALTHOUGH SOME OTHER AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE SMALL SEA LEVEL CHANGES.

THIS WILL BE THE FINAL BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

The name of the sunspot is NOAA 822, and it is crackling with M-class solar flares. So far the explosions have not been Earth-directed, but that could
change later this week as the sun turns the 'spot to face our planet. Stay tuned.
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The big sunspot NOAA0822 Catania has appeared on the sunside, opposite the Earth.

Measured from one side to another, it is bigger than Jupiter,
around 140.000 km. Furthermore, constant explossions are taking place.

Not long ago, we published our first Research Report about the solar activity in relation with the Volcanoes. Up to now, it has been clear that
solar flares interfere the Earth and provoke reactions (most of them unkown yet).

With regard to earthquakes, solar flares and explossions affect the Earth, the Planet, as well as its habitants.

The solar activity, right now, can be responsible for most part of the changes of the Earth´s clima and human´s behaviour, including violence,
depression, lack of control...
Avoid exposure to the sun. If you feel weak, lazy, dizzy, headache, sleep, painful eyes... Avoid sunbaths, drink a lot of water and try to rest
indoors.

Solar explossions could be affecting all kind of life beings on Earth and our clima, but also the Planet itself.

When solar activity increases, so does micro activity.
Therefore, we will be checking the Earth´s seismic activity during these days and will compare it with our solar data.

For instance, an important area in California had hundreds of micro quakes between the 14th and the 16th of November. USGS earthquakes

Furthermore, other areas are predisposed to earthquakes.
Areas we will have to watch more carefully: Japan (Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku), Alaska, California, etc.

SANTIAGO, Chile - A strong earthquake rocked northern Chile and parts of Bolivia on Thursday, sending residents fleeing out of buildings and
temporarily knocking out telephones and electricity. There were no immediate reports of deaths or injuries.

November 29: A partial halo CME was observed over the southern hemisphere and the northwest limb after the C4 LDE in region 10824. The core
ejected material was first observed over the southwest limb in LASCO C2 images at 17:30 and in C3 at 18:18 UTC while a more diffuse front appeared
soon afterwards over the south pole, the southeast quadrant and some of the northwest quadrant.

Forecast:
The geomagnetic field is expected to be unsettled to minor storm on November 30 - December 2 due to a high speed stream from CH200. The CME observed
on November 29 could reach Earth embedded within the high speed stream and may be difficult to discern. The M1.4 today wasn't visible on SOHO images,
although its impact should arrive on the 3rd.

Sunspot 10826 is now in geoeffective position: The trailing and intermediate spot section is merging, many new small spots have emerged and a very
long inversion line appears to be developing. This means strong X class flares will become possible.

EXPANDING SUNSPOT: Sunspot 826 is growing quickly. In only two days it has ballooned from a barely-visible speck to a sprawling group almost as
wide as the planet Jupiter:

The magnetic field of a fast-changing sunspot like 826 can easily become unstable and explode. NOAA forecasters estimate a 15% chance of X-class solar
flares during the next 24 hours. Since the spot is still expanding this chance increases by the hour.

Not sure what is causing this geomagnetic storm. Soho's solar wind monitor registered a bow shock at 11 Dec 2005 1132UTC, but solar activity has
been low and no obvious coronal holes are currently in or near Earth facing positions.

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